Comparison Of Fiber Optic And Space Feed For Large Aperture Phased Array Antennas

Nils V Jespersen; Peter R. Herczfeld

doi:10.1117/12.940725

9 November 1987 Comparison Of Fiber Optic And Space Feed For Large Aperture Phased Array Antennas

Nils V Jespersen, Peter R. Herczfeld

Proceedings Volume 0789, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications III; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940725
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Two technologies which are potential candidates for distributing control and intelligence information in large phased array antennas, are space feeding and fiber optic corporate feeding. A comparison of the two technologies is presented in both qualitative and quantitative form. The comparison is embodied in the hypothetical cases of a V-band and an L-band spaceborne imaging radar. Size, weight, power and performance impacts of the two feeding methods are contrasted.

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Nils V Jespersen and Peter R. Herczfeld "Comparison Of Fiber Optic And Space Feed For Large Aperture Phased Array Antennas", Proc. SPIE 0789, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications III, (9 November 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940725

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